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Patterns of Time

Mizoguchi and the 1930S
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Using scores of frame enlargements, drawing from a variety of historical sources, and integrating concepts from contemporary film theory, Kirihara proposes a new way of understanding Mizoguchi's films. He argues that at the heart of Mizoguchi's brilliance as a filmmaker is an obsessive need to challenge spectators, implicating them in the production of meaning through the dynamic manipulation of spatio-temporal relations. The result is a film style that self-consciously leads, frustrates and surprises.
Donald Kirihara teaches courses in film history, criticism and theory at the University of Arizona. He is a former editor of The Velvet Light Trap and Wide Angle.
"Patterns of Time is a most welcome addition to the field of Japanese film studies, where it will have an immediate impact. Moreover, it is a welcome addition to all of Film Studies, not simply for the international stature of Mizoguchi, but for the meticulously applied methodology employed by the author."-David Desser, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign "It is one of the scandals of English language film study that there is no book-length study of Mizoguchi. This book fills a gaping hole. There is basically nothing that approaches this work in depth and thoroughness. For specialists in Japanese film and twentieth century Japanese culture, this is an invaluable work. "-Tom Gunning, State University of New York at Purchase
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